Memoranda

notes for 1910

Author’s Club. Feb. 26. 1909

Guests of Honor

Aunt Emm Wells

Mabel Harker Cannon¹

Hattie B. Harker President

Dr. Margaret C. Roberts critic

Minerva <R.> Young

Augusta W. Grant

Elizabeth S. Wilcox

Mary Lyman Gowans

Sarah [blank] Seward [Sarah Taylor Stewart]

Eliza Slade Bennion

Lilly Taylor Richards

[blank] Connelly

Vilate Nebeker Bennion

Clarissa S. Williams

Janie [Mair] Kingsbury [p. 366] {p. 264}

addresses

Brenton M. Sears Box 278

R.F.D. #11– Los Angeles– Calif

<Postal> Ellis R. Shipp Em. Cannon Sep. 9.

Letters written home when I went to Couer d’Alene Idaho

3 Bathsheba W. Smith Engraved <paper>

4 Annie Wells Cannon [Engraved]²

3 Emmeline Cannon plain

1 Emily S. Richards plain

1 Clarissa S. Williams Letter

1 Alice Merrill Horne Letter plain

1 Priscilla P. Jennings Letter plain

1 Susa Y. Gates Letter long one plain

3 Sarah Jenne Cannon Postal

2 Isabel M. Sears <Lucile Buchholz> Postal

1 Margarette Cannon Postal

1 Bishop E. [Edwin] F. Parry (copy) Sep. 9.

Annie Wells Cannon Sep. 4. letter

sent over by Daisie, just a word

1 Carrie S. Thomas Sep. 5. 1909

1 Emma P. Woodruff Sep. 5. 1909

1 Phebe Y. Beatie Sep. 9

1 Dot & Isabel S. Sep. 9

Hermann Dr. Roberts Maria Frances <Sep. 9.>

Ina Smith Lizzie Wilcox Edna Smith

Emma Empey Jode Wells Feb. 9. [p. 367] {p. 265}

Eliza Foscue (Lee) (Wells

Mrs. Ellen Jackman [Jakeman]

Spencer Jackman [Jakeman]

Myths of Greece & Rome

narrated with special reference to Literature And Art By H. A. Guerber

Lectures on Mythology

New York, Cincinnati, Chicago

American Book Company

1893 [p. 368] {p. 266}

Annie

Louise

Margaret

Emmeline

Cavendish

Hannah Wells

Susan Wells

Ruby Cannon

1	George Q. Cannon Sr.	Postal
1	Cavndish	[postal]³
1	Abram	[postal]
1	David	[postal]
1	John Q.	[postal]
1	Theodore	[postal]
11⁴	Herman	[postal]
1	Lucile	[postal]

Spencer Clawson letter

Zina Card postal

Ria Dougal [Dougall] [postal]⁵ [p. 369] {p. 267}

memoranda

date		dolls.	cts.
1	Bathsheba W. Smith	31
2	Ida S. Dusenberry	12
3	Emmeline B. Wells	35
4	Clarissa S. Williams	14
5	Jane S. Richards	05
6	Sarah Jenne Cannon	6
7	Romania B. Penrose	7
8	Susan Grant	8
9	Emma S. Woodruff	9
10	Julina S. Smith	10
11	Emily S. Richards	11
12	Phebe Y. Beatie	12
13	Carrie S. Thomas	14
14	Julia P. M. Farnsworth	13
15	Alice M. Horne	15
16	Annie Wells Cannon	16
17	Priscilla P. Jennings	17
	~~Rebecca E. Little~~	18
18	Hattie B. Harker	19 18
19	Minnie H. James	20 19
20	Rebecca N. Nibley	20
21	Elizabeth S. Wilcox
	Deceased
March 12	Annie Taylor Hyde
	Rebecca Ellen Mantle Little

[p. 370] {p. 268}

Charlotte Perkins

born Hartford Conn. [Connecticut] July 3. 1860

eighteen Hundrid & Sixty

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

lectured in this City July 19. 1909

The book entitled “Happiness” by Horace Fletcher Publishers

Herbert S. Stone & Co. Chicago and New York 1897 [p. 371] {p. 269}

1st. Presidency Jos. F. Smith John R. Winder Anthon H. Lund

12 Apostles Francis M. Lyman John Henry Smith Heber J. Grant Rudger Clawson Reed Smoot

Hyrum M. Smith, George A. Smith Charles W. Penrose George F. Richards Orson F. Whitney

David O. McKay ~~George F. Richards~~ Anthony Ivins John Smith Patriarch Presiding

Quorum of Seventy Seymour B. Young B. H. Roberts Golden Kimball Rulon S. Wells Joe

McMurrim [Joseph W. McMurrin] Charles [H.] Hart [p. 372] {p. 270}

Verona Box 686

Coeur d’Alaine [d’Alene]

1707. 9th. Ave.

Spokane [p. 373] {p. 271}

cash account—january

	received				paid
Jan. 4	Church	10.	00	Jan. (3.	Belle	1.	00
	R.S.⁶ Salary	25.	00		Book Store	2	.40
					lunches	2	.50
				9.	House		55
				1.	children	1.	40
				4.	George Q.	5	00
				6.	Belle	1.	00
					Telephone	4.	00
					Emmie		35
					lunch		80
					[lunch]⁷		75
					[lunch]		50
					House	1.	50
					3 adapters		15
					medicine	1.	00
					Veil		50
					Rubbers		70
					soup		15
					candy		20
				19	lunch		60
				"	eggs		25
				"	rolls		05
				20	lunch & supper		60
				"	trunk Dot		50
				"	supper washing		85
					Em. & Kathie		20

[p. 376] {p. 272}

cash account—january

received				paid
Belle	1	.00		magazines	2.	00
lunches				pencils & pens <stamps>	1.	40
				Rent Jan.	15	00
				Exponent⁸	32	.00
				Magazines		40
				Books Postman		50
				Ort.	1	25
				magazines		30
				magazines		50
				Journal		15
				book	2.	00
				[book]⁹	1	.00
				magazines	1	.50
				rubber bands		20
				tablets	.	35
				peppermints		20
			21.	lunch 2.	1	.00
				medicine	1	.00
				pine apple		75

[p. 377] {p. 273}

cash account—february

	received			paid
	Church	10	.00
	R.S.	25.	00
26.	Party	29.	50
	Mary Clark	5	.00

[p. 378] {p. 274}

cash account—march

received			paid
Church	10.	00	Margaret	2	00
R.S.	25	00	Emmeline	.	60
J. S. Wells	10.	00	Annie	1.	00
M. C. Woods	10.	00

[p. 380] {p. 275}

cash account—april

received			paid
R.S.	35	00	Des. News¹⁰
Church	10.	00	Book Store	1.	80
			[Book Store]¹¹	1	00
			Violet	1.	00
			House	,	85
			car fare	.	60
June Wells	25.	00	groceries		80
			House		65
			Lunches	1	90
			Margaret	1.	00
			Violet	1.	00

			Violet	1	00

			Violet	1	00

[p. 382] {p. 276}

cash account—april

received	paid
	D.R.¹²	4.	00

	Violet	1.	00
	Violet	1	.00

[p. 383] {p. 277}

cash account—may

received				paid
Church	10.	00		Violet	1.	00
R.S.	35	.00		Margaret	1.	40
				children	.	25
			1	House	.	30
			3	[House]¹³	.	60
			4	[House]	.	45
			5	[House]	.	60
				Violet car fare	.	60
				Annie	4.	50
				Book Ida	1.	00
				Susan Wells	.	50
				B. W. Smith	1.	20
				Margaret	1	.00
				[Margaret]¹⁴	3	00
				Emmeline		50

[p. 384] {p. 278}

cash account—may

received		paid
		Printing	32	.00
		Rent	15	.00
		car book	2	,00
		telephone	2	,00
		Utah Light	5	.46
		coal	6	.90
		Books	1	80
		~~D.R.~~	4	~~.00~~
		Violet	1	00
		Books	1	.00
		House	5	.00
		House	4,	50
		Violet	1	00
		Books	3	.00
		House	3.	00
		Milk	1.	00
		Jeweler	3,	00
		Utah Light	2	.00
		House	7	.00
		Violet	1.	00

	31	Annie	1	50
		car fare		10
		twins		06

[p. 385] {p. 279}

cash account—june

received			paid
Church	10	00	Farnsworth		75
R.S.	35	00	washing	1	50
check	2	00
[check]¹⁵	2	00
B. W. Smith	1.	00
E. C. [Emily Harris] Bullock	1.	00
Sarah Dayton	1.	00
P. M. Brown	2.	00
E. [Elizabeth Williams] Layton	5.	00
E. [Elizabeth Hoskins] Salisbury	3.	00
D.R.	5.	00
Y.L.¹⁶ Journal	3.	50
Ruth Pack	2.	00
M. M. [Marilla Miller] Daniels	1.	00
P. W. [Phebe Watts] Sloane	1.	00

[p. 386] {p. 280}

cash account—june

received		paid
		House		55
		lunch		40
		magazines		45
		[magazines]¹⁷	3,	50
		May	2.	00
		pencils		15
	5	lunch		36
		magazine		75
		stamps		40
	4.	Betsy		50
	5	[Betsy]¹⁸		60
		Telephone	2	00
		Utah Light	2	00
		Lambourne	1	00
		Betsy	1	30
		Emmeline	2	.00
		House etc.	5	00
		stamps etc.	1.	00
		Veil & nabiscoes	1.	00
		Stamps	3.	00
		Wrappers	1.	50
		House	7.	00
		Book for Grace	1.	50
		Postals	.	75
		mailing	1.	00

[p. 387] {p. 281}

cash account—july

	received				paid
	Church	10.	00		Lent	10.	00
	R.S.	35	00		camphor gum	,	10
	A. [Ann] M. Cannon	5.	00		lunch		46
	A. C. [Ann Cannon] Woodbury	5	00		[lunch]¹⁹		45
19	Panguitch	5	00		[lunch]		.60
	C. S. [Clarissa Smith] Williams	3	00		[lunch]		.70
	M. Lewis	1.	00	2.			95
	E. S. [Elizabeth Stevenson] Wilcox	3	00		Betsy	10,	00
					House	4.	90
					medicine	.	80
					veil	,	75
					gloves		65
					needles	,	10
					sugar & tea	,	65
					crackers &	,	20
					nabisco’s	,	25
					candy	,	40
					Alberta	.	35
					Cavendish		25
					Emmeline	2	10
					lunch [Emmeline]²⁰		25
					Betsy		40
					Self		10
					stamps etc.		70
					[stamps etc.]²¹		25
						36	36

[p. 388] {p. 282}

cash account—july

	received²²			paid
July 23	Annie	5	00	Betsy (house)		25
	Betsy		25.	magazines		80
	Self		45	lunch 65		45
	[self]²³		45	medicine 40		50
	[self]		35	stamps		35
	[self]	.	90	[stamps]²⁴		75
	[self] lunch	2.	55	Fountain pen	2.	40
	Candy	1.	00	Scottish Tales		40
	Emmeline	.	10	stamps etc		75
	Betsy	.	50	stamps		25
	[Betsy]²⁵	.	35	magazines	1.	75
	[Betsy]		25	lunch 2.		95
	[Betsy]		10	Emmeline	’	70
	Louise book		70	Abram	’	25
	lunch		55	Book	,	40
	[lunch]²⁶		45	ink & pencils	.	15
	mailing	1	00	2 lunches	1.	10
	milk	1	00	candy	.	45
	Telephone	4.	00	Betsy	.	75
	wrappers		40	Katharine	.	40
	magazines		50	Betsy		10
		19.	85		14.	40
					19.	85
					36	35
					71.	10

[p. 389] {p. 283}

cash account—august

	received				paid
2	Church	10	00	Aug. 1	Guests		.10
2	E. [Elizabeth Williams] Layton	4	00		carriage [Guests]²⁷
3	E. Shurts [Emma Norton Shurtz]	4.	00	2	magazine	.	35
	R.S.	35	00	"	stamps	.	10
	Mell	35.	00	"	House & Betsy		90
	Mary [Shepherd] Horne	1.	00	3	House		45
	S. E. [Sarah Eggertsen] Cluff	.	50	"	Puce maker	3	30
	Higginson	5	00	"	stamps		20
	Bertner	1.	10	"	magazine		15
	M. L. Ronsom	1.	00	4	House	3	00
	Almo [Idaho] R.S.	2	00	"	lunch		25
				5	[lunch]²⁸		41.
				"	Alberta		70
					sle
					Betsy	10	.00
					House	1	85
					washing		65
					Emmeline	.	80
					lunch etc	.	80
					I.C.W.²⁹	5	.10
					rent office	15	00
					Cavendish		25
					Emmeline		40
					self		05
					lunch	,	75

[p. 390] {p. 284}

cash account—august

	received				paid
	Emme		50	4	Betsy	10	00
	Lunch		45	"	Utah Light	3	.49
	wrappers		30	"	R.M.B.T.	4	.00
	pens etc.		10	"	milk	1.	00
	lace etc.	1.	00	"	Stamps		30
2	lunch	’	59		mailing	1	00
	thread tulle	’	55		Bay Rum & <Cologne>³⁰		75
	papers		10		lunch 3.	1	35
	grapes & bannanas		25		Betsy	1	65
	breakfast	.	70		ink		10
	Ticket self		52		Emmeline		50
	trunk		50		lunch		40
	ticket Kath		26		soap etc		20
	Emmie	4	00		Betsy		30
	Betsy	2	00		[Betsy]³¹		40
	ink & paper		15		[Betsy]		60
	Magazines		45		self		45
	Supper	1	55		lunch		55
	Breakfast	1.	00		Emmeline		90
	Porter		25		stamps		54
28)	Emmeline	3	00		[stamps]³²		80
	Porter & meals	5.	00		Emmeline	.	90
	Berth	5.	50		Book Store	.	50
					Betsy house		50
					Betsy [house]³³		25
					[Betsy house]		35

[p. 391] {p. 285}

cash account—september

received			paid
Church	10.		stamps	’	10
R.S.	35		cards		25
Mell		30	stamps		10
Druce	1	00	cards		15
Kate Wells	1	00	Trunk	1	00
			porter		50
			supper	1.	00
			breakfast		90
			waiter		25
			dinner	1.	40
			waiter	.	20
			porter	.	35

[p. 392] {p. 286}

cash account—november

	received				paid
1		10	00		Exponent	32	.00
		2	00		Franklin	7.	10
	Cummings	1.	00		Utah Light	4	00
	Salary	35	00		Car book	2	00
		1	50	9	Candy T.	1	.00
					teaspoon
	M. J. [Mary Jane Robinson] West	5	00		wrappers		60
	Adelaide [Smith] Fish	1.	00		special stamp		10
	Parker Idaho	1.	00	2	lunches		40
					[lunches]³⁴		65
					House	3	50
					Handkerchief		10
					House		35
				27.	Banquett & Reception	3	.00
				24	Rent Room 507	15	00
				5	self	3	.00
				16,	mailing	1.	00
				15	Book Store	2.	50
				13	taxes	14.	14
					self	3.	50

[p. 396] {p. 287}

cash account—november

received			paid
B. W. Smith	.	50	cut sugar		25
C. S. Williams		50	jelly		25
S. J. Cannon		50	tea		20
A. K. [Annie Kay] Hardy		50	eggs		25
Susan [Noble] Grant	.	50	pens & ink		15
Books	3.	25	supper		60
			2 girls		40
			Heaps House	1.	00
			[Heaps House]³⁵		50
			[Heaps House]		45
			Book		40
			magazines	(3	95
			scarf etc	1.	25
			Margaret	.	25
			dinner	,	36
			[dinner]³⁶		50
			girls		50
			apple		05
			bread		05
			House	’	95
			[House]³⁷		85
			dinner 2		95
			stamps		65
			[stamps]³⁸		25

[p. 397] {p. 288}

cash account—december

	received			paid
1	Church	10	00

	R.S.	35.

2	[Abbie Hyde] Cowley	2	.00

[p. 398] {p. 289}

cash account—december

received	paid
	Des. News	32.	00
	Utah Light	6.	69
	medicine	.	75
	Self	3.	00

[p. 399] {p. 290}

³⁹Escelante [Escalante]

Telephone

Geo. Q. Cannon

Murray 375 {p. 292}

Cite this page

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Footnotes

[1]text: The underlining here sets off the first two women listed as the guests of honor.
[2]text: The bracketed information was indicated by ditto marks in the original.
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[4]text: These may be tally marks as it is unlikely EBW sent eleven postals (postcards) to an individual recipient.
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[6]Relief Society.
[7]text: The bracketed information on this and the following line was indicated by ditto marks in the original.
[8]Woman’s Exponent.
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[10]Deseret News.
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[12]Daughters of the Revolution.
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[16]Young Ladies’.
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[29]International Council of Women.
[30]Bay rum cologne originated when a blend of bay leaf oil and rum was found to provide a natural deodorant and skin cleanser. The distinctive bay rum scent came to be used in men’s grooming products. (McCulligh, “History of Bay Rum Aftershave & Cologne,” accessed 10 May 2022, https://stjohnsbayrum.com/blogs/news/history-of-the-bay-rum-aftershave-grooming-out-of-necessity.)
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